Smoothing-iron



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SMOOTHING IREN- No. 869,830. Patented Sept. 13, 1887..

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SMOOTHING IRON.

Patented Sept. 13, 1887.

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THOMAS \VOLLWVORTH, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SMOOTHING-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,830, dated September 1 3, 1887.

Application filed February 8, 1886. Serial No. 191,150.

T 0 all whom itmay concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS WoLLwoRTH, aresident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Smoothinglrons, of which the following isaspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide an iron whichshall retain its heat by means of an internal heating apparatus. This object I attain by the use of a hollow reversible iron.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved iron. Fig. 2 may be termed a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing the under side of the detachable top. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the iron with the handle and detachabletop removed. Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section of the iron. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the burner. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the burner-holder.

The box or body A is in shape preferably that ofthe ordinary iron, but deeper, to accommodate the internal heating apparatus. This body is provided with two flat ironingsurfacesa (1, whose faces aresmoothly polished. The sides a are provided with orifices a sufficient in size and number to admit the requisite amount of air. Around the edge of each flat surface a ridge, 13, projects, and immediately under this ridge, for the purpose ofincreasing it, there are preferably cut the grooves 11.

The plate 0 (shown in Fig. 3) is provided on each side with a flangehook, G 0 The handle D is attached to. the plate Gin any convenient manner, but preferably as shown in Fig. 3. This plate 0 is attached to the box or body A in the manner-shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the hook O engaging under the ridge B and forming a firm attachment of the handle through the medium of plate 0 to the iron proper. The plate 0 is prevented from slipping off the body A by the pin D, which is dropped through the opening 0 in' plate 0, into the opening a in the top of the body A.

The burner-holder (shown in Fig. 7) consists of a hollow cylinder, E, provided at one end with the annular flange E. Two longitudinal openings, 6, are cut opposite each other in the cylinder E. The flange FF is provided with two openings, 6 through which screws pass (ModeL) to retain the holder in position in the iron or body A. A hook, 6', projects from the face of the flange E", as shown in Fig. 7, to retain the catch h, and in turn the burner in position.

The burner F (shown in Fig. 6) is a hollow cylinder having opposite slots, f, out in it corresponding to the openings 6 in the holder E. The burner F is filled with some porous material,such as asbestusamong noncombustible substances, and wicking among combustible substances. Asbestus is the preferred material. This absorbent material G absorbs and retains the burning composition which I emp The end of the burner F is provided with some form of handle or catch, a convenient combination of both being shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 6. A strip of metal is bent to form the handle H, and one end prolonged to form the catch h. The burner F is placed in the holder E and turned until the catch it rests in the hook e. The openingsf then coincide with the openings 0, as shown in Fig. 5. The holder E is held in position in the body A by the screws m, which pass through openings 6 into the end of the body. The end of the body A is provided with two sets of screw-holes, so that the holder E may be held in another position, if so desired.

When the burner is lighted and occupies the position shown in the drawings, it of course serves to keep the whole iron hot; but the upper surface is heated more than the lower one, and when an extra hot iron is required the handle D and plate 0 are detached, the iron turned over, and the handle and plate are then attached to the other flat surface through the medium of the flanges B and 0 0 By this manner the hot side is turned down.

When it is desired to have a full heat, the position ofthe burner in relation to the holder will be that shown in Figs. 6 and 7; but when it is desired to turn off a portion of the heat the burner is turned in the holder by means ofthe handle H to any desired position, so that either one-third or one-fourth, (l3) as desired, of the openingsf will be exposed to the openings 6 in holder E.

The advantages of such an iron are obvious. It presents two smoothingsurfaces, one of which is heating while the other is cooling. Having the fire within it, (like the old tailors goose,) it keeps warm for a long time, and may be used continuously for a long time.

The combustible material which I employ is preferably of such a kind that, whileit produces' a heat,it at the same time gives-off little or no smoke or smell, and is very cheap.

While the various features of my invention are preferably employed together, one or more of said features may be used without the remainder, and in so far as applicable one or more of said features may be used in connection with irons other than of the description herein specifically described.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a two-faced reversible smoothing-iron, the burner -holder E, having hook e, and detachable burner F, having slot or slotsf, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A two-faced reversible smoothing-iron, having grooves b on both sides andnear the smoothing-surfaces, in combination with plate 2 5 0, having hooked flanges C 0 and handle D, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a selfiheating reversible iron, the combination of burner-holder E, having flange E hook e, and slot or slots 6, and burner F, having handle H, and slot or slotsf, substantially as set forth.

4:. A two-faced reversible smoothing-iron having grooves b on both sides and near the smoothing-surfaces, plate 0, having hooked 3 5 flanges O 0 and handle D, and the detachable burner and holder, substantially as set forth.

THOMAS WOLLVVORTH.

Attest:

Jim. W. STREHLI, O. M. HILL. 

